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Apocalypse: World War I (2014)

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Original title
Apocalypse : La 1ère Guerre mondiale
Directed by
Isabelle Clarke
Genre
documentary, war & politics
Country
France, Canada
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 290 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This French-Canadian documentary series uses restored and colorized archive footage to tell the story of World War I from its beginning to its end. It covers major events and includes both known and previously unseen period recordings.

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What happens

Apocalypse: World War I (in French: Apocalypse, la Première Guerre mondiale) is a TV series made up of 5 French documentaries created by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle, and narrated by Mathieu Kassovitz. Originally broadcast in 2014, it chronologically traces the history of World War I, from its origins to the end of the war. It gathers known or unpublished period documents and recounts the great events of the war, from restored and colorized archive images. It is part of the Apocalypse series, produced by CC&C and ECPAD. It was originally broadcast on Belgian Une (RTBF) from March 2, 2014, to March 16, 2014, on France 2 from March 18, 2014, to April 1, 2014, and in Canada on TV5 Québec Canada in May 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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